activists from california bring ballot question
to eliminate the tip credit and mandate tip pooling to
non-service employees
Challenge to Legal Certification
▶WHAT'S HAPPENING
The Massachusetts Restaurant Association Board unanimously voted to engage in a legal challenge on the certification of the ballot question that will eliminate the tip credit and allow for tip sharing with all restaurant employees. ▶TIMELINE
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Massachusetts Server and Bartender Survey Results
Survey Results Showing Massachusetts Servers and Bartenders Overwhelmingly Opposed to Ballot Question Proposal that Would Eliminate Tip Credit and Mandate Sharing of Tips. Out-of-state activists are aggressively pursuing a 2024 ballot question in Massachusetts after their proposal has failed for years in the Legislature. Today, servers are pushing back on this extreme proposal that will hurt tipped employees in the Bay State.
The results of the survey include:
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Servers and bartenders have made it abundantly clear that they are opposed to any proposal that is going to take hard earned tips out of their pockets.
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